Multimediamente wishes to define innovative policies involving local authorities and businesses (agro industrial complexes and factory-farm enterprises) to encourage reuse of food/farming by-products to produce energy to be used locally. By-products from food processing can be used as biomasses or to produce biogas. The aim is demonstrate that respect of EC Directives (98/08/EC, 118/06/EC and 2000/60/EC) could represent an opportunity for farmers and citizens reducing environmental impacts and pollution: public authorities should individuate financial incentives for businesses (ie reducing taxes for waste collection) in exchange of energy for outdoor/public offices lighting or heating. Will be analysed different agriculture production processes (rice, wheat, corn, etc) having as consequence the same economical/environmental issues.

Activities

• Analysis and benchmark of environmental pressures, costs related to the application of EC directives and energy production capacity in involved regions;
• Workshops, seminars and meetings among local authorities to evaluate best practices, needs and investments, innovative policies to encourage private participation;
• Development of tools and guidelines, financial schemes, agreements among stakeholders (public authorities, banks, businesses, farmers, etc) to overcome the lack of available finance;
• Tailored training campaigns for businesses (mainly to managers and responsible of trade union, factory-farm enterprises industrial complexes)
• Awareness campaign for citizens and farmers illustrating economical and environmental benefits related
• Dissemination activities

Keywords: biomasses, biogas, agro-industrial byproducts, farmers, innovative policies

Contact: Gianluca Capri - capri@multimediamente.com